No Beef

After three months of training, he had long mastered the chakra control exercises of tree climbing and water walking.

Chakra control was the foundation, while shape transformation was its application. Extraction, circulation, compression, molding, releasing, and withdrawing—all of them were chakra control techniques.

Shape transformation meant actively changing chakra's appearance, movement, density, and structural form. At its core, it was simply pushing basic control to the limit.

Learning to climb trees and walk on water required gathering a certain amount of chakra in the palms or soles to create adhesion. Then, by maintaining stable control and continuous output without leaking chakra, one could walk on trees, walls, ceilings, and other surfaces.

Further practice involved concentrating all the chakra in one's body into a single area for a brief moment, then dispersing it instantly. Repeatedly switching rapidly between the two trained instant release and withdrawal, improving reaction speed.

Going further and walking on water required even greater chakra control. The water's surface was constantly moving, increasing the difficulty of control, and one also had to counteract the force of gravity pulling one downward.

He had already mastered both basic chakra control exercises. At the time, the Grind Panel had not given him a prompt, which had left him slightly disappointed. Apparently, not every skill would be displayed by the Grind Panel.

However, talents could display proficiency in chakra control. For example, Sakura's seven points in Wisdom represented her knowledge reserves, while her eight points in Seals and Reaction represented chakra control. Comparing it to the tree-climbing training progress of Sakura's group during the Land of Waves arc made that clear.

Sakura had reached the crown of the tree on her first attempt. Sasuke had only made it halfway up the trunk, while Naruto fell after taking two steps. Comparing the three's chakra control with their talent in Seals made their respective aptitudes in chakra control obvious.

His chakra control talent was only three points. It could only be called barely passing—much better than Naruto's two points, at least. Still, chakra control could be improved through training. Reaching Sasuke's six points in Seals would not be difficult. Sakura's eight points in Seals, on the other hand, would be harder to attain. But there was no need to worry about that for now. He had plenty of time.

He opened the ninjutsu panel and looked at his ninjutsu proficiency...

[Ninjutsu]

[Non-Elemental Ninjutsu]

[E-Rank Ninjutsu: Transformation Technique (Usable: 130/1000)]

[E-Rank Ninjutsu: Clone Technique (Usable: 131/1000)]

[E-Rank Ninjutsu: Substitution Technique (Usable: 132/1000)]

[D-Rank Ninjutsu: Body Flicker Technique (Usable: 112/1000)]

Once ninjutsu proficiency exceeded one hundred, it changed from Beginner to Usable. Since the Grind Panel recognized it as usable, that meant these ninjutsu could be used to crush weaklings.

He had also learned the godlike Body Flicker Technique from his bargain-bin father. The Body Flicker Technique was a collective term for techniques that enabled high-speed movement or instantaneous displacement. At its core, it was a simple technique.

The databooks defined it as using chakra to activate the body's cells and move at high speed. Its essence was using chakra to increase one's own movement speed until the movement trajectory became too fast for the naked eye to see.

This was where ocular techniques showed their value. Of course, there were also people like Sasuke, who could see clearly but whose body could not react quickly enough to keep up with the opponent's speed.

Depending on its activation method and nature transformation, the Body Flicker Technique had developed into many variants, such as the Sand Body Flicker Technique, Water Body Flicker Technique, Phantom Body Flicker Technique, Taijutsu Body Flicker Technique, Mist Body Flicker Technique, Lightning Release Body Flicker Technique, and Leaf Style Body Flicker Technique. The Five Great Ninja Villages often combined their specialties with the Body Flicker Technique to create distinctive variants.

The Body Flicker Technique determined whether he was fast enough and whether a sneak attack could kill in one blow. As a ninja, he ought to play dirty. He had no intention of training himself into a double-door refrigerator.

[Throwing]

[Kunai Fixed-Target Throwing (Limit Break: 22340/100000)]

[Kunai Moving-Target Throwing (Chunin: 12200/20000)]

After three months of insane grinding—three hundred kunai throws every day, with one point of proficiency gained for every bullseye—his kunai throwing had improved rapidly. His fixed-target throwing had reached Limit Break, and he could now hit a fixed target with perfect accuracy every time.

He did not quite understand what Limit Break meant. Did it mean breaking through the limit?

He had only hit the bullseye more than twenty thousand times. He had never encountered a situation where he maxed out the Grind Panel, so he had no idea what special effect breaking through the limit might bring.

However, he had already felt the special effect of Limit Break. He now remembered the direction of the wooden stake even with his eyes closed. Even after spinning in place three times, he could still find it. Throwing kunai at a fixed target with his eyes shut still gave him a ninety percent hit rate. He was simply too familiar with the feel of hitting the target.

He did not know whether it was a special effect of increased proficiency, but after grinding kunai throwing to Limit Break, he had suddenly gained two special effects: photographic memory and a sense of direction. He began to look forward to the special effects of the next stage after kunai throwing broke through the limit. And what special effects would ninjutsu Limit Break bring?

Once he could hit fixed targets perfectly every time, he began grinding moving-target proficiency. As long as he hit a moving target, both fixed-target and moving-target proficiency would increase at the same time. He did not know whether that counted as getting two meals from one fish.

He had only grinded Kunai Moving-Target Throwing to Chunin. With a hit rate of nine out of ten against moving targets, it was more than enough to crush weaklings. After all, Chunin already surpassed ninety percent of one's peers, and Chunin made up the majority in the ninja world.

He could roughly understand the meanings of terms like Uninitiated, Beginner, Usable, Genin, Chunin, and Limit Break on the Grind Panel.

If Uninitiated meant he was still learning, then Beginner meant he had learned it, Usable meant he could use it, Genin proficiency meant it could be used in combat, and Chunin meant he had surpassed ninety percent of his peers. Limit Break should mean breaking through the limit, corresponding to Jonin. The hints given by the Grind Panel could not have been more obvious.

Looking at the hard work and sweat displayed on the Grind Panel, he was very satisfied with his progress over the past three months. At last, he looked a little like a ninja.

He had also thoroughly grinded the basic ninjutsu and kunai throwing. With his current strength, taking down three bullies would not be a problem.

Fortunately, he had the Grind Panel to check his training progress in real time. That was the only reason training had not been so boring. Otherwise, an ordinary person really could not keep at it.

But this body's ninja talent was average. He did not have the branch bloodline of the Otsutsuki Clan, so even establishing himself as a genius would not be easy.

As everyone knew, the prerequisite for becoming stronger in the ninja world was to be stron—

Ahem. No, it should have been becoming a relative of the Otsutsuki Family. But his luck was terrible. It had taken three lives just to get the guaranteed starting point of a civilian ninja. What else could he do?

Bloodline talent determined the upper limit, while one's own training determined the lower limit.

Without the Sharingan or Byakugan, he at least had to reach his bargain-bin father's Chunin level. First, he would set a small goal: become a Chunin by the time he graduated from the Ninja Academy!

Now was not the time to think about that. Looking up at the completely dark sky, he arrived at the alley intersection the three bullies had to pass through. There were countless footprints in the snow, with his own mixed among them.

To kill the three bullies, he had even changed his daily habits. He usually went to the training grounds for extra practice after school, and he always passed through this alley on his way home.

Before making his move, he stood on high ground and confirmed that there were no witnesses nearby. There was no surveillance in these alleys either. Konoha used its precious surveillance resources on the Uchiha. Who would care about such a remote alley?

He pulled on a hood to cover his face, put on a disposable glove over his right hand, and took out kunai from a plastic bag. When he heard the three bullies' voices, he timed it and stepped out of the alley. He lowered his head and glanced at the snow beneath their feet. There were footprints of different sizes, going in both directions. Reassured, he relaxed.

"Eh? Wait. Did those three peasants step into the alley with their left feet first?" Lin Chuan suddenly noticed that the three bullies had entered the alley laughing and talking, leading with their left feet. He instinctively snickered under his breath. Heh heh.

His perception of the three targets was crystal clear. He could sense the direction in which they were moving, and even with his eyes closed, he could hit all three.

Three kunai instantly appeared in his gloved right hand. But to improve the hit rate, he still chose to throw the kunai one after another at the three boys' chests.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Pshk!

Hearing three sounds of sharp blades piercing flesh, he casually left the alley. He lit the glove and plastic bag with a lighter and tossed them into a garbage bin piled full of trash. Several cigarette butts he had picked up were scattered on the ground.

After disposing of the tools of the crime, he kept a close eye on the panel in his mind until the Life Points on it changed.

Rumble, rumble—

He made it home before the snow began. Purple flashes of muted thunder crossed the gloomy sky, and light snow started falling before gradually growing heavier.

With the dark sky and heavy snow, even if those three guys had not been struck in vital areas, they would quickly lose body heat and freeze to death in this weather.

Standing beneath the eaves, he looked at the blizzard outside and could not help laughing. "Wonderful. Let the blizzard rage even harder..."

[Life: 3 points]

[Bloodline: Extra]

[Talent: Extra]

[Strength: Ninja Academy Student]

[Chakra Nature: None]

[Throwing: (Kunai Throwing)] [Ninjutsu: (Non-Elemental Ninjutsu)] [Taijutsu] [Genjutsu] [Other Functions]

Seeing his Life Points successfully increase by three, it seemed he had not chosen the wrong targets. Aside from the change in Life Points, after three months of grinding, his strength was finally no longer that of an extra. He finally looked a little like a ninja—he had become a Genin candidate.

With three chances at resurrection, he realized that perhaps, maybe, he no longer needed to keep his head down. Why the hell should he endure? He had to make trouble!

Who would still be timid after transmigrating into Naruto? Of course, he had to strike hard. Otherwise, what was the point of transmigrating? If he did nothing, would not this transmigration have been for nothing? He had come here precisely so he would not have to eat beef. He was going to make trouble, make trouble, make trouble...